Eastern News
Thursday
“Tell th e t r u t h a n d d o n ’ t b e a fr a i d . ”
T
H
E
D
A
I
L
Y
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 V O LU M E 9 6 | N o. 1 8 4
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CHARLESTON, ILL. DENNE WS.COM T WIT TER.COM/DENNE WS
RHA to plan fundraising events
‘Lethargic’ start doesn’t bite team
Page 3
Page 8
Fetch!
C AMPUS
Chemists raise money for equipment, supplies Proceeds go to Chemistry Dept. after lab vandalism By Robyn Dexter Campus Editor
DANNY DAMIANI | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Cearron Bagenda (left) , a junior communication studies major, and Jason Iskalis, 21, of Naperville, play with Bagenda's Great Dane, Ariel, in the Library Quad Wednesday. Bagenda said she brought out Ariel and her other dog, Rosie, because of the warm weather.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate approves SOPA resolution By Amy Wywialowski Staff Reporter
After reviewing the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act resolution that was tabled at last week’s meeting, the Student Senate voted unanimously to approve it. John Poshepny, a Student Senate member and a senior finance major, co-authored the resolution with Student Senate members Mitchell Gurick and Jenna Mitchell. “Even though SOPA and PIPA are currently tabled, they could come back in some other form and it is good that we show our support,” Poshepny said. In addition to the resolution passing, the Student Senate members also collected a total of 335 letters to send to U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk. The next steps in the process are
for the Student Senate members to write a letter explaining their process and send the student-signed letter. “A lot of people, especially new (student) senators, stepped up and did what it took, showing they still care and we’re still interested as a whole,” said Gurick, a freshman business major. The Student Senate also unanimously passed Jarrod Scherle’s, the student executive vice president, funding proposal to attend the Illinois Board of High Education Student Advisory Committee meeting in February. “It is a cut and dry (proposal) and since we are being fiscally conservative, the cost is much lower,” Scherle said. “I am getting up early and driving there and back in one day, I would get $0.51 per mile I drive.”
SHEA L A Z ANSKY | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Speaker of the Student Senate Zach Samples tells the members of the Student Senate about his experiences at this week's Faculty Senate meeting during the Student Senate meeting in the Union on Wednesday. According to Samples, the idea to create a block of time where no classes or meetings would be held was suggested during the Senate meeting.
RESOLUTION, page 5
DOUDNA FINE ARTS CENTER
Herwig to kick off 53rd jazz festival By: Jennifer Witt Staff Reporter
Eastern’s music department will be hosting its 53rd annual jazz festival on Feb. 10 and 11. The festival will start off Feb. 10 with a concert by the jazz musician, Conrad Herwig. The concert is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Herwig is a New York jazz trom-
bonist that has been active in the world of jazz for more than 30 years. He was voted No. 1 jazz trombonist in the 2002 DownBeat “Jazz Critic’s Poll.” Herwig has recorded 20 albums, and his non-Latin recording, “Heart of Darkness,” was given four and a half stars by DownBeat Magazine. Herwig has been featured in well-known groups such as the Joe Henderson Sextet, Joe Lovano Nonet and the Horace Silver Octet.
“Being a complete musician is also incredibly important,” Herwig said. “Arranging, composing, improvising, and sight reading skills, as well as playing in multiple styles, are crucial in today’s music industry.” All together, Herwig has been featured on more than 200 albums throughout his jazz career. Herwig will be playing with members of the Eastern jazz ensemble during his performance. “It’s an honor and pleasure to
be coming to Charleston, Ill., to perform and work with students,” Herwig said. “We will be performing some of my originals, as well as original arrangements of John Coltrane’s music, and some re-imagined standards like ‘Body and Soul.’ All of these will feature jazz improvisation by myself and the students.” Herwig said he will help students to become better musicians. HERWIG, page 5
Eastern student affiliates of the American Chemical Society will be selling wristbands to benefit the chemistry department, which was vandalized over Thanksgiving break. The rubber wristbands are $2 and are blue with lettering saying “I <3 Chemistry.” Rebecca Peebles, one of the ACS-SA advisers and an assistant professor of physical chemistry, said the fundraising is very beneficial for the department. “It’s good that the students are showing the department that they care,” she said. Peebles said although the damage done to the chemistry labs was covered by insurance, the emotional damage is still very much present throughout the department. “We’re doing what we can to get things back on track,” she said. Logan Erbacher, a senior biological science major, said the devastation affected the whole department. “Since everything was destroyed, any money we can get coming in will help,” Logan Erbacher. “My research adviser’s lab was affected, so my research was put on hold at the end of last semester.” Erbacher said he was unable to finish the last part of his lab last semester because of the vandalism. “Going in and seeing our lab trashed kind of impacted our motivation for a while,” he said. Felicia Roland, a junior chemistry major, said her work in the labs was directly affected by the vandalism and is glad ACS-SA members are doing their part to help. “When I went in (after the vandalism), my stuff was all over the ground and I had to start all over,” Roland said. She said she is now working on someone else’s project and did not get to finish what she had been working on. Much of the chemistry equipment had to be replaced, so students had to wait for replacements to begin their work again, Roland said. Chris Florido, the group’s president and a senior health studies major, said the ACS-SA wanted to support the department. “The vandalism affected many ACS-SA members and we felt we needed to do something to help,” he said. The ACS-SA will be selling the rubber wristbands from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the northeast stairwell of Coleman Hall. “We thought it would be a good idea to show our support for the chemistry department by selling wrist bands to help raise money for lab equipment and supplies,” Florido said. Since the group wants the to raise as much money as possible, 100 percent of the funds raised will go to the chemistry department, he said. Robyn Dexter can be reached at 581-2812 or redexter@eiu.edu.